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Dolf De Ceuster

Thank you for visiting the West Bend Sunrise Rotary Website! Rotary can mean a lot of things to a lot of people, so whether you are looking to serve your community, make new friends, or network, Rotary may be a great organization for you!

I have personally been involved with Rotary for 6 years, and was first introduced to it while in Fond du Lac, WI. I spent my first two years as a member of the Fond du Lac Morning Rotary Club. I was introduced to service work during my High School years, when I was able to help with events (more physical than intellectual help!), and was influenced by people supporting their community through many different service clubs. That always stuck with me, and am now fortunate enough that my professional and personal life allows me to give back through Rotary!

Rotary is a world-wide organization with over 1.4 million members in 46,000+ clubs. Rotary has seven main causes, and those are: 1. Promoting Peace, 2. Fighting Disease, 3. Providing clean water, sanitation, and hygiene, 4. Saving Mothers and Children, 5. Supporting Education, 6. Growing Local Economies, and 7. Protecting the Environment. As a local Club, we focus on these needs locally, nationally, and internationally, making an impact both in our community and all around the World.

If you would like to learn more about our Club or schedule a time to join in on one of our breakfast meetings, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me via email at ddeceuster@nebat.com. We look forward to welcoming you to check out what our Club and Rotary are all about.

Sunrise Rotary Handbook

Rotary Bylaws

Board and Committee Chairs

New Member Application

Corporate Membership Application

Corporate Membership Informational Handout

West Bend Sunrise Rotary Past Presidents

Rotary Foundation Distribution History Through 2013

Member Birthdays:

Mike Fleischman

January 14
Mary Beth Seiser

January 29

Spouse/Partner Birthdays:

Dawn Backhaus

January 1

Anniversaries:

Rhonda Roehrig

Mike Wahl

January 19

Join Date:

Lori Yahr

January 4, 2008

14 years
Jeff Szukalski

January 7, 1999

23 years
Paul Wilke

January 7, 1999

23 years
Steve Domres

January 8, 1989

33 years
Scott Tennies

January 12, 1994

28 years

Welcome to the West Bend Sunrise Rotary Club!

Service Above Self

We meet In Person

Tuesdays at 7:15 AM

The Braising Pan

1100 N Main St
West Bend, WI 53090
United States of America

District Site

Venue Map

Welcome!

Rotary is a global network of 1.2 million neighbors, friends, leaders, and problem-solvers who see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change – across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves.

2021-22 Rotary Leadership

Shekhar Mehta - President, Rotary International
Lisa Werner - District Governor, District 6270

Dolf De Ceuster - President, West Bend Sunrise Rotary

Speaker and Greeter Schedule

DATE	GREETER	SPEAKER HOST	SPEAKER GUEST	TOPIC/ORGANIZATION
10/26	Ruplinger, Aaron	Malloy, Joyce
11/2	Roell, Travis	In Service	N/A - in service meeting	In Service Meeting
11/9	Roehrig, Rhonda	Guse, Chris
11/16	Richie, Isaiah	Neja, Bob
11/23	Rettler, Jack	Niebler, Andrew
11/30	Potts, Jeff	Nowack, Mike
12/7	Polachowski, Al	In Service	N/A - in service meeting	In Service Meeting
12/14	Phillips, Mike	Rettler, Jack
12/21	Nowack, Mike	Richie, Isaiah
12/28	Niebler, Andrew	Roehrig, Rhonda

Gary Britton's Paul Harris +4

Gary Britton receiving his Paul Harris +4 today from Mary Beth Seiser. Congratulations Gary

Paul Harris Awards are given in recognition of contributions made to the Rotary Foundation.

Lac Lawrann Clean Up

Thanks to all who worked on our club project at Lac Lawrann Conservancy.

Rotarians pitched in to make repairs and improvements including building stairs and cutting brush.

This work will help to correct erosion and improve the usability of the trails. Special thanks to Nancy Slinde who spearheaded the project for our club.

Nancy Slinde Major Donor

Congrats to Nancy Slinde for achieving Major Donor status with the Rotary Foundation!!

A Major Donor is an individual whose cumulative donations to the Rotary Foundation exceed $10,000. Nancy says that she was inspired by the efforts and commitment of other Rotarians to find a way to make this kind of significant contribution. Presenting the Major Donor Recognition Pin is club member Mary Beth Seiser who is also a Major Donor.

The Rotary Foundation funds projects at local and international levels to deal with problems that are part of Rotary International's areas of emphasis. More on the foundation can be found at rotary.org.

ElSalvador2021

“SUPPORT OF PRODUCTIONINICIATIVES FOR 18 FAMILIES

OF THE COMUNITY OF SAN JULIAN, MUNICIPALITY OF

SAN JORGE, EL SALVADOR”

NAME OF THE COOPERATORS:

WEST BEND SUNRISE ROTARY CLUB

ROTARY DISTRICT 6270

NAME OF THE PROJECT EXECUTOR:

ASOCIACION OIKOS SOLIDARIDAD

DANIEL ALAS, MANAGER

The Community Development project in El Salvador provided sources of better nutrition and increased crop production for a rural mountain community. Through training in better farming practices and the use of natural fertilizers and pesticides, the farmers implemented sustainable agricultural methods. These improve the quality of the soil and of the crops for healthier consumption. They also learned about crop rotation and introduction of new crops for balanced diets. Planting of fruit trees for small family orchards for consumption of their fruit and for sale or trade of the fruit to neighboring communities increased the effectiveness of the project.

The goal and accomplishment of this project impact is better health and food stability for this year and the future. The community benefits through having a common purpose, learning together and working to sustain their new practices. Because this is a mountain community, the better practices and trees will help to control erosion during the winter rain season which has a detrimental effect on housing conditions.

The over-all impact can be summarized as food security, environmental protection, skill training, income creation and community development.

Delivery of vegetable seeds and fruit trees

Preparation of seed trays and planting of vegetable seeds

Preparation of land for transplanting the vegetables

Cultivation and harvest of vegetables

Delivery of fruit trees

Planting and monitoring the fruit trees

Delivery of agricultural products for cultivating corn and beans

Quaas Creek Scoreboard

The West Bend Sunrise Rotary and West Bend Noon Rotary provided a donation towards this beautiful new scoreboard on Diamond 2 at The Doc Gonring Sports Complex in Quaas Creek Park for the West Bend Athletic Association.

2021-2022 Global Grant Scholarship

Rotary International (RI) District 6270 is pleased to announce the selection of Alaina Eckert, Sussex, WI, as its Global Grant Scholarship applicant for 2021-2022.

Ms. Eckert is a graduate of Sussex Hamilton H.S. and of The University of Wisconsin—Madison. She has already begun a dual degree, Master of Science/Master of International Nature Conservation, in a cooperative program of the Georg-August Universität in Göttingen, Germany, and Lincoln University in Lincoln, New Zealand.

The practical approach of the program is to preserve the integrity of nature, in combination with the assessment of risk management and conservation strategy, and offers an invaluable experience in the education of international conservation. The four-semester program offers new perspectives to maintaining biodiversity and ecosystems that allow local communities to be resilient to future ecological changes, maintain economic stability and growth, use adaptive conservation management strategies for both the betterment of the community and the ecosystem, and preserve critical ecological systems. Thus, Ms. Eckert’s program of studies aligns with RI’s “Community Economic Development” Area of Focus, and it anticipates close alignment with RI’s newest Area of Focus, “Protecting the Environment,” which becomes effective on July 1, 2021.

The amount of the Global Grant Scholarship is U.S. $30,000. RI District 6270 is providing $15,000 of that amount, and The Rotary Foundation is matching it with another $15,000. The Rotary Foundation, RI districts, and Rotary clubs invest in our future leaders and philanthropists by funding scholarships for graduate study through the Global Grant Scholarship program. Information about Rotary’s other scholarship programs can be accessed at: https://www.rotary.org/en/our-programs/scholarships.

Paul Harris 10-2020

Congratulations to Candy Sarauer who has earned a Paul Harris Award +2. The Paul Harris Award is given in recognition of Candy's continuing support of the Rotary Foundation. Pictured with Candy are (left to right) Club President Jonathan Sacks and Steve Domres.

Rotary Citation 19-20

We are proud to announce that our West Bend Sunrise Rotary Club has earned the Rotary Citation for 2019-2020. It's the most significant award a Rotary club can achieve!

During a year that was challenging for many Rotarians around the world, our club demonstrated a commitment to achieve its goals, which ultimately helps strengthen Rotary and shape Rotary's future.

Covid Donation for the Albrecht Free Clinic

The West Bend Sunrise Rotary recently received a grant from Rotary International's Disaster Response Fund and made a donation to the Albrecht Free Clinic in West Bend. The donation will be used by the Clinic to provide Personal Protective Equipment for Albrecht Free Clinic employees, volunteers and patients. This will include a Splash Guard for the reception area and face masks & face shields.

Presenting the check were Rotarians Jon Sacks, Todd Vance and Mary Beth Seiser.

West Bend Professional Firefighters Charities Donation

The West Bend Sunrise Rotary recently presented a check to the West Bend Professional Firefighters Charities for purchase on an electrostatic sprayer for our West Bend Fire Stations.

The check is being presented to West Bend Professional Firefighters Local 2025 President Steve Inhof by 2020 West Bend Sunrise Rotary President, Todd Vance.

2020 Paul Harris Award Recipients

Congrats to our most recent Paul Harris Award recipients - David Baldus and Jon Backhaus!

Thanks for all that you do for Rotary and West Bend!!

June2020 Highway Cleanup

Here is our Rotary out doing more good in our community! We collected over 20 bags of trash from Hwy 45 between Paradise Drive and Hwy 33. It was a good turn out with help from some Noon Rotarians and UWWC students.